Not like he's had the depth to work with, though. We've been ignoring the o-line for too long. We dont have the cash to bring in decent o-line anymore via FA and we always draft them too late. Next year drafting O-Line early, should be paramount. Jerry will have to cave eventually.

What this also does...this probably pushes Costa onto the 53. Taking away another roster spot from someone who was probably deserving of making this team. They're going to have some tough choices to make getting down to 53.

No, those aren't even real rumors, just something a beat writer asked about trying to get some discussion. He is gonna be a 1st round pick + a huge contract, and if we had money to just dish out like that Austin would have been signed. Plus we need to sign Free soon, maybe Alan Ball, it just doesn't make sense.

Brewster may be good enough, let's see him play. Besides this is why we traded for Barron, while he sucks he's a guy we got to step in for a few weeks in case of injuries.

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Brewster may not even be next in line in the regular season. He's looked pretty bad a tackle. Wouldnt be surprised if Young was the guy...if both Colombo and Barron couldnt go. Barron will be fine by the regular season, though. He's still terrible, so that doesnt ease some of the worriment.

If you ask me, this team needs to made two trades: one tackle, one interior OL. If we don't do something now, this is going to cost us the season. RT is a huge problem. Colombo got beat for 3 sacks in two possessions last week, and with the missing cartilage in his knee, we might be looking at a degenerative situation. I don't like what we have on the inside, either. Kosier is an average player and starting the season off like this does not bode well. Just far too many question marks to have any confidence that it will turn out well. We should make a move or lower our expectations for this season. Best case seems to be 10-6 to me, and this thing could really implode if we don't start taking this situation seriously.

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That leg has had it out for him since day 1.

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Brewster has some upside that I like. He just needs to stay on his assignments. He has some quickness that may serve him well inside. Right now I see more good in him than bad. His problem just seems to be being a young player that occasionally misses assignments. I think he'll be a real solid player once he gets the hang of things. The problem is that we probably can't afford to wait on him to turn it on.

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As for Brewster, Broadus has been fairly positive on him. I think the biggest problem is that he lost that year last year. I think he will be a good backup, but I don't see him as a front line starter. He needs to get stronger and shape his body more and that lost time is hurting him. I think he'll be a valuable guy that can play multiple positions in the future.

I think Young is the interesting one to watch here. He appears to be a Columbo clone. He needs to add some strength, but he's a guy that is not pretty but gives max effort. I think he could be a solid RT in the league.

My biggest concern is interior OL. I think we are fine at OT, especially given that in a major pinch, we could use Davis at RT. I think interior OL is a much bigger concern.

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yessir. He's taken to camp beautifully as well. We've heard that all before, but it's really encouraging. Coaches seem to be excited. I cant wait to see him. He may even win this kick returning job. I'd rather him do it then Dez anyway. Dezzy can handle PR, when he's up to it.

I'm going to check out the game later today. I see Ogletree did nothing again. If these injuries make us take 5 receivers instead 6...I wonder if he could be in some trouble, actually. I doubt it, but just throwing it out there. Hurd has performed out there, Oggs hasnt. I still think we keep 6.

I really, really, really just want to cut Roy. Sigh. If I had my way, i'd show Roy and Pat the door right now and just go in with the rest. Miles and Dez starting, with Hurd at #3. Miles in the slot, Hurd on the outside with three WR sets.